Friday, August 26, 2011

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Voice Rockrz Voice Altering Mic from First Act Discovery

My children are naturally . . . loud. They enjoy being loud and seem to live for it. They also love playing with musical instruments and pretending to be rock stars, so I knew the new Voice Rockrz Mic from First Act Discovery would be a musical toy that they would have lots of fun with. In fact, I assumed that our oldest, our 7.5 year old son, who made an electric guitar video last fall, would have no problems rocking out with this toy microphone on video. Well, he reluctantly agreed and then got stage fright, so I had to recruit our 4.5 year old daughter. I played with our Voice Rockrz Mic and had a lot of fun belting out some of my favorite songs. I would have done the video if there had been another adult around to tape it for me.

We received the Voice Rockrz Mic in blue, but it is also available in pink. The blue set comes with the mic plus a skull bracelet (or a zipper bracelet) and a skull ring. The pink set comes with a pink mic plus a skull bracelet and a flower ring.

At first, I was worried that our preschool-aged daughter would not be able to use the various functions, but she had no problems at all once I gave her a mini lesson:

Press the "ON/OFF" button to turn the mic on and off.

Press the "FX" button to hear a drumroll. Then press it again to hear a crowd cheering. This button simply alternates between these two sounds.

Press the "MIC" button to reset the microphone back to just an amplifier. You can use this button to clear out any voice changing effects before you choose another one.

Tap the ring to the target on the back of the microphone to turn on the "HI-NOTE Effect", which changes your voice into a high pitched one.

Tap the bracelet to the target on the back of the microphone to turn on the "ECHO-TASTIC Effect", which causes your voice to echo like you were on stage.

Tap one Voice Rockrz jewelry item onto the target on the back of the microphone and then tap the other jewelry item to turn on the "ROBOT-RIFFIC Effect", which gives your voice a motorized robotic sound.

You can also plug an MP3 player into the mic so your child can sing along to songs by their favorite artists. Unfortunately, the only MP3 player we had in the house was misplaced about a month ago, so we were not able to test out this feature.

Here is our daughter's singing debut video . . .

She is singing "I Love Rock N Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. You will need to turn the volume on your computer all the way up. Her voice was so tiny that the microphone only picked it up here and there (hence the subtitles).

The second I was done recording footage for the video, our oldest son ran around the house with the mic singing for a good hour or so. All 3 children had a blast with it once they knew they did not have an audience. I have to admit that both my husband and I had fun playing with this Voice Rockrz microphone, as well. It makes my voice sound much less out of tune than it really is!

Thank you to First Act Discovery for providing a complimentary product sample for us to base this review upon and for providing a second product for our contest prize.

What you can win:
One lucky reader will receivea Voice Rockrz Mic in Pink or Blue (Color choice is subject to availability).

Limitations:This giveaway is open toU.S. entries only. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address and be age 18 years or older. If you enter anonymously and do not include a valid email address in your comment entries, I will not be able to notify you should you win this random drawing.

How to Gain Entries:

Leave a comment telling me what your favorite song is to sing out loud.You MUST do this to be eligible to win this contest.

Extra Entries:

1) For 5 extra entries, leave a relevant comment on one of my non-giveaway posts. Then leave FIVE separate comments with the name of the post on which you commented. You will earn 5 extra entries for each different non-contest post you comment on.

2) For 5 extra entries, enter one of my other contests. Leave FIVE separate comments here telling me which contest you entered. You will earn 5 extra entries for each contest you enter.

3)For 10 extra entries, subscribe to the First Act Discovery Newsletter (bottom of left sidebar). Then come back here and leave TEN separate comments telling me you did.

This contest will be closed onMonday, September 12th, 2011 at 11:59pm EST. A random number drawing will be held shortly after. The winner will be announced here and will be contact via email or through their blog. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new number will be drawn.